The Foundations of the Earth

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2 Samuel 22:16the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were laid bare

Psalm 24:1-2[God] hath founded [the earth] upon the seas, and established it upon the floods

Psalm 104:5[God] set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken. (or, laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever)

Proverbs 8:29when he marked out the foundations of the earth

Isaiah 24:18the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Isaiah 48:13My hand laid the foundation of the earth

Jeremiah 31:37.. the foundations of the earth searched out beneath (See notes at this verse.)

Zechariah 12:1.. the LORD, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within

Compare Common Understanding in the Ancient Near East on the page The Firmament.

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